Tag: writing
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Getting-Out-of-Bed Block
I never get writer’s block. Not really. There’s just so much to write. So many ideas [dancing whirling swirling careening] through my head. Sometimes I get stuck on individual words, but I’ve learned to just bracket the concept I’m trying to get at and move on. See above. And sometimes, I’m not entirely sure what…
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Progress Update 001 – Yoshio and Friends
So… this is maybe a new feature of my blog. I decided I just needed to make a little progress update and get a feel for where I am and how things are going. I’ve received good feedback about my story, The Kanji Test, which was in last week’s post. My one follower comment so…
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High-Tech Gadgets, Raw Fish and Super-Sharp Swords
The big reveal of the setting for my current novel. I love making up my own worlds, but there was no other place to put this story than in the very real land of modern day Japan. There was just no way around it. If I had changed it to fit into the fantastical, magical and extraordinary lands…
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A Devilish Distraction
I’ll be honest. This book has been a bit of a chore at times. I’m sure all writers can relate. Don’t get me wrong. I love the story. I love the characters. I’ve enjoyed writing it. But as I mentioned in a previous post, this was supposed to be a short story. I had started…
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Tell Me Your Dreams
In honor of Lucid Dreaming Day this past Sunday, I feel I should mention the inspiration for this novel that I’m bludgeoning into submission. The idea actually came from someone else’s dream. I always feel that when I tell people my dreams, they don’t really care or they think I’m weird. But I like hearing…
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From the Ashes
I am starting anew here at A New Lowe. It has been a long time since my last post, but it is time to reclaim, rebuild and refortify. I sense a battle on the wind. This time, there will be a focus on my writing projects. I will refrain from the random nonsense that littered the…
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